Children across parts of the US northeast will stay home today as powerful ⁠winter Storm Hernando forced school closures and pushed offices and transit systems onto emergency schedules.

There has been a significant increase in reported fraud offences, gardaí have said, particularly in online fraud, which rose by over 130% last year.

One of Mexico's most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or "El Mencho", was killed in a military raid yesterday, sparking widespread retaliatory violence.

The EU's top diplomat said she did not expect to get a deal on new Russia sanctions today after Hungary vowed to block them unless Ukraine re-opens a key oil pipeline.

A total of 14 flights to and from Ireland have been cancelled today due to a storm on the east coast of the US.